Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/pets

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun

*pets m^[1]

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Declension

Declension of *pets (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pets	*pedes
vocative	*pets	*pedes
accusative	*pedem	*pedens
genitive	*pedes, pedos	*pedom
dative	*pedei	*pedβos
ablative	*pedi? pede?	*pedβos
locative	*pedi? pede?	*pedβos

Alternative reconstructions

*pōts^[2]

Reconstruction notes

The long vowel in Latin pēs indicates that Lachmann's law must have applied in the nominative singular to lengthen it, indicating that a *d must have still be perceived there to trigger Lachmann's law.^[2]

Related terms

*dwipōts
*tripōts
*kʷatrupōts
*pedom
- Oscan: 𐌐𐌄𐌃𐌞 (pedú, acc. pl.)
*tripodāō (“to do a three-step dance”)
- Latin: tripodaverunt (perf. 3pl.) (Old Latin), tripudiō (reformed after tripudium)
- ⇒ *ā-tripodāō
  - Umbrian: 𐌀𐌇𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌐𐌖𐌛𐌀𐌕𐌖 (ahtrepuřatu), 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌐𐌖𐌛𐌀𐌕𐌖 (atrepuřatu), ahatripursatu, atripursatu, atropusatu (all 3sg. imperative)

Descendants

Latin: pēs (see there for further descendants)
Umbrian: 𐌐𐌄𐌛𐌉 (peři), persi (abl. sg.)

References

^ Weiss, Michael (1993) Studies in Italic nominal morphology, Cornell University, page 43
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462

[1] Weiss, Michael (1993) Studies in Italic nominal morphology, Cornell University, page 43

[EDL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462

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